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To: Commodore Arjyla, High Command
From: Commodore Gunman, Nellis AFB
Sir, after learning of the Charlie incursion into the Sol System, I have placed Nellis Air Force Base on high alert. While we all hope for a peaceful outcome to the latest situation, we are prepared to defend Mother Earth to the death. Both the "Wildcats" and "The Cossacks" have been prepped for intercept of any Charlie ship that is determined to have a course set for Earth. Will await further orders.
-Commodore Gunman, Nellis AFB
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How far away are the transports? It seems as though we will need them pretty soon.
The first three (non-jump) Troop transports will be ready in one month six days. I deliberately limited the displacement so that a Colony ship could escort them through a jump point.
Thats good. Can we use them for boarding actions? So we can take the Jump gate building ship if worst comes to worst.
What if he's using EM passive sensors? Would that have the opertunity to pick up the running life support?
Now that this is really taking off you might transfer me to somewhere else with a littlebit more action if you want to. A ship command or comet/colony governor or something?
How many people live on Dravar XV right now?
Do they know the whole fleet is there or just one ship? If only one ship I offer to go in and make our presence known by moving up closer to let the scanners get a better look.
530,000
They would have seen the exhaust plumes from our entire fleet as it moved in, but they must have lost track of us after we shut down our engines. They won't be able to locate us unless they use active sensors, or until we start moving again. I'd rather not send anyone in, since that requires starting up his engine, giving our position away.
Fair. Any estimation on how long until the gate is ready?